Am I imagining it or have a seen somewhere on the infotainment that it can be switched off?

According to the infotainment manual you cannot.

According to the infotainment manual you cannot.

Must have dreamt it then!

At least Skodas gear change is no where as irritating as fords.

Drove a ford fiesta earlier in the year, great car but the change gear light looks like an indicator symbol pointing upwards. Every time it was on I kept thinking I had an indicator on.

It's irritating enough, it just wants me to keep changing up till I'm in 6th no matter what speed! Of course I'm just ignoring it.

If you are talking about "Ecotips" where you get a message advising you to change up, or use the start / stop feature then yes you can turn it off. If you mean the gear selected indicator then no you can't.

If you are talking about "Ecotips" where you get a message advising you to change up, or use the start / stop feature then yes you can turn it off. If you mean the gear selected indicator then no you can't.

 

Yep i meant gear change indicator.

Must admit I hate being patronised by a machine.  I'll decide when I need to change up (or down), thank you, Mr Skoda.

If you want to do something real for the driving economy, fit a really tall top gear - one which is too high to use for anything except just about maintining your speed at 70mph on a flat motorway, and then educatiing motorists to change down on the slightest gradient or if accelerating.

Why do no manufacturers build cars that way?

Even on my old 3.0 litre Reliant Scimitar GTE, which was geared for 30mph per 1,000 rpm in overdrive top (4th), and had a much higher top speed in straight 4th than it had in overdrive 4th, I could (and did) drive it comfortably around built-up areas at 30mph or less in o/d 4th.  Which suggests that it could have beneefitted from an even taller top ratio. 

I find the gear indicator wants me to drive my petrol Vrs more like a diesel. Wants me into 6th at about 37mph, just feels wrong and as if the engine is labouring. I too have chosen to ignore it completely

I find the gear indicator wants me to drive my petrol Vrs more like a diesel. Wants me into 6th at about 37mph, just feels wrong and as if the engine is labouring. I too have chosen to ignore it completely

It wants me to do the same in my diesel and it's still labouring!

It's very quick to get you to change up but no so quick to advise you to change down, you're nearly stalling before it recommends a change down.

Well I actually use the Ecotips - yes it does suggest you change up before I would personally choose to do so, but with the 2.0 diesel there is so much low down torque the engine does not struggle, even at 1200 rpm in 6th driving up reasonable motorway inclines -£ but perhaps that's why I regularly get over 60 mpg, and at the last fill up, 63.1 mpg, calculated, not relying on the readout from the (pessimistic) computer....

I agree it does advise changing down at too low road speeds, I always ignore that bit!

Edited 14 October, 201312 yr by Timoctav

Seems a pretty stupid feature if many so drivers find it unhelpful if not downright annoying.  Why on Earth not make it possible to switch it off?

I guess DSG has an additional benefit.......

Ignore it.

 

If I followed the gear change indicator in my Superb then the DMF would be dead by now.

Well I actually use the Ecotips - yes it does suggest you change up before I would personally choose to do so, but with the 2.0 diesel there is so much low down torque the engine does not struggle, even at 1200 rpm in 6th driving up reasonable motorway inclines -£ but perhaps that's why I regularly get over 60 mpg, and at the last fill up, 63.1 mpg, calculated, not relying on the readout from the (pessimistic) computer....

I agree it does advise changing down at too low road speeds, I always ignore that bit!

Totally with you on this! It is there for a reason, to save fuel. Accelerating harder and driving in a lower gear will make a massive difference to your fuel economy. If you want anywhere near the posted economy figures then you have no choice but to drive your car like a grandad on Sunday!

I'm guessing this is why some posters are getting such rubbish fuel economy figures because they do the opposite! Big accusation I know, sorry no offence intended. But it's true. 60mph in 6th gear should get you up there!

Edited 14 October, 201312 yr by Sireyn

Agree that if you want best fuel economy, drive like a grandad and in a high gear.

But on the occasions when I want economy, that's exactly what I do anyway, and I get excellent economy.  I don't need a machine to tell me the obvious!

Some people like it and find it useful - great.  Good luck to them; I'm not suggesting getting rid of it.  Just being able to switch it off if you find it a waste of time and an insult to your intelligence.

An instantaneous fuel consumption gauge is far more useful as an aid to fuel saving - you soon see and learn what driving activities affect fuel consumption, good or bad.  And you can switch it off if you don't want or need it or find it distrcting.

Exactly the same on my Citigo Sport. I ignore it as the engine really labours on there recommendation.

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Fuel economy is obviously behind those recommendations and nothing else whether the engine labours or not... 

 

From manual:

Oh and what happens with gear recommendation if you select different driving mode like sport instead of eco? Does is stay the same or recommends change at higher revs? 

On my O3 Combi(estate), 2.0 diesel, 6th gear is recomended at 80kmh or 50mph.

 

Oh and what happens with gear recommendation if you select different driving mode like sport instead of eco? Does is stay the same or recommends change at higher revs? 

I didnt see the difference. As far as I see this drive modes, It's only the sensitivity of the gas pedal that changes and not the motor settings.
Eco mode - low sensitivity
Normal mode - normal sensitivity
Sport mode - high sensitivity

But I can be wrong.

On mine this is what I fell. I only drive in the eco and sport modes.

The problem is, the extra few MPG you get by labouring the engine is great if you keep the car three years and replace.

 

But if the car is a 'keeper' those extra few pence you save when filling the car up will be quickly offset by the need to clean out the EGR, aiding the DPF to regen and replacing the clutch and DMF.

The problem is, the extra few MPG you get by labouring the engine is great if you keep the car three years and replace.

But if the car is a 'keeper' those extra few pence you save when filling the car up will be quickly offset by the need to clean out the EGR, aiding the DPF to regen and replacing the clutch and DMF.

Plus it's just horrible driving that way and takes any enjoyment out of it.

Interesting on the last paragraph, first time I've seen that mentioned "if the accelerator pedal is only depressed slowly, an economic driving programme is automatically selected".

 

Does that mean if you're for example in sport or normal mode, and you have a light touch on the pedal, it will change to eco?